A New Era for Mental Health Law and Policy

Piers Gooding is currently Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Melbourne Social Equity Institute and the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. He has held a number of teaching and research appointments, including at Monash University, the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and as a visiting research fellow at King's College London. His research focuses on disability law and policy, with a special focus on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• Introduction; Part I. What Do Human Rights Mean for Mental Health Law?: 1. Mental health law: purpose and procedures; 2. Mental health, law and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: new tools or new paradigm?; 3. Major criticisms of mental health law; Part II. The CRPD-Support Framework and Mental Health: New Tools or New Paradigm?: 4. The CRPD-support framework; 5. Applying the CRPD-support framework in law; 6. Practical examples of the CRPD-suport approach in the mental health context; 7. Navigating the 'flashing amber lights' of the CRPD-support framework: addressing major concerns; Conclusion.

'Wonderful achievement, breaking new ground on the implications of the CRPD for mental health law, policy, and practice. A compelling resource for leaders with and without disabilities in the examination of human rights and personal autonomy as foundational elements for an inclusive world for all people.' Peter Blanck, Chairman Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University, New York, and author of eQuality: The Struggle for Web Accessibility by Persons with Cognitive Disabilities